How-refill able bottle



l H. w. cYRus. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 5.1916.

Patented Sept.. 9, 1919.

nn O T N E V N wnmessgs' ATTORNEY tles rrp s'inrns HENRY `W. CYRUS,OFASTORIA, OREGON.

y NoN-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

` Speccation of Letters Patent.

Application led January 5, 1916. Serial No. 70,527.

To all whom t may concern.' j

Be it known that I, HENRY W. GYRUS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Astoria, in the county of Clatsop and State of Oregon', haveinvented certain `new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bot-` ofwhich the following is a specification.

An object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedanti-refillable bottle of that type wherein the closing stoppermay bepermanently locked in place, provision being made for the dispensing ofthe original contents by providing the neck of the bottlewith an annulargroove orweakened portion in order that the upper portion of the neckmay be quickly and easilysevered from the remaining portion, and theinvention more particularly resides in an ini` proved form` of lockingmeans for retaining the closing` stopper, which when inplace actscoperatively with thejwstopper and is so arranged whereby its removal isabso` lutely prevented. j l j j j Another object of myinvention is toprovide a bottle with an improved` forniY of neck `so as to cooperatewith the locking means to attain amore eiiicient locking ac-` tion, andto facilitate placing of theflocking means in position. I

` A further object of my invention is to provide improved locking meansof the above character that may be stamped from an integral piece ofsheet material, preferably metal, so as to retain, as far as possiblethe inherent resiliency of the material, and at the same time materiallydecrease the cost of manufacture of the device. y j

A still further object of my invention is to provide a device of thetype in question that is extremely simple in construction, durable, andhighly practical from both the standpoint of the manufacturer and thestandpoint of the consumer; and which it is believed, may bemanufactured at a minimum cost.

The various objects and advantages will become apparent during thecontinuance of the following description.

'Ihe above and other objects which will become apparent, areaccomplished by such means as are shown in their preferred form in theaccompanying drawings, described in the following specification and thenmore specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

In the accompanying drawings `wherein like characters designate likeparts throughout `'the several views:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary View of the b ottle in `connection with whichmy invention 1s shown, and illustrating my invention as in itslpreferred embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on line 2`-2 of Fig. 1. i

`Fig.` 3 is a planview of blank form of locking-means.

y In the accompanying drawings, numeral 10 designates the neck portionof the bottle which is provided with an annular bead or enlarged portion11 adjacent its upper end. Below the bead 11 the neck is provided withan annular groove or weakened portion 12 whichv facilitates the`severing of theupper portionof the neck from the body thereof when it isdesired to dispense the original contents of the bottle. The neck 10 isclosed through the medium of a stopper 13 which may be `of cork or thelike material, the stopper' being so arranged as to project somedistancefbothabovefand below the plane of the groove `12. Consequentlyit will be seen .that "when the upperportion of the neck is broken offthe stopper still remains in .the neck ofthe bottle thus preventingparticles of glass and other foreign matter fromiiowing into thecontents of the bottle. ""Above the upper end `of the stopper 13 thebore of the; neck 10 is slightly enlarged as at 14 and provided with aplurality of radially disposed sockets 15. The sockets 15 are so formedas to provide shoulders 16 at their upper ends whichextend at anapproxirnately` right angle to the wall `of the `adjacent bore of theneck. It will also be noted that by reason of the slightly enlargedportion 11i of the bore a shoulder 17 is formed adjacent the upper endof the stopper, this shoulder also extending at a substantially rightangle to the general eX- tent of the bore.

The stopper locking device consists of a sealing disk 18 provided with aseries of spring {ingers 19 and having its central portion formedconcavo-convex as shown at 20. As the disk 18 is forced into theenlarged portion 14 of the bore of the neck and engages the shoulder 17,the spring fingers 19 seat within the sockets 15, their outer endsbearing against the shoulders 16. Should the stopper 13 be formed ofcork or a like slightly elastic material, the stopper Vino'val isabsolutely prevented. The kspring ingers project almost :entirely.within the sockets l5 and thus may not be effectually engaged l.by asharp tool or the like with a view of removing the saine V from thesockets. Qn `the other hand kthe ,concavo-convex porn tion of the diskprevents the removal of the s ring iingers from the sockets by pressingdownwardly ron the central portion of the disk. By bending the disk in.vthis Ine-nner should pressure be exerted upon the centrai portionthereof the Spring illtf Will be niore securely .forced into vthesockets in= Steadof having a ltendency to move .outwardlythereflm. Y

. F r 11n the foregoing it is believed that the advantages. andnovelYfeaturesof .my invenf tion will be readily understood and. thereforefurther detailed description is -gdceined necessary. Y In'redncing myinvention to practice I ndthatthe ,forin referred to herein as .themost, practical.. .and preferred embodiment is the most efficient, Vbutrealizing that certain `conditions will necessarily vary in concurrencevwith theadoption of my device, I desire to emphasize the fact thatvarious minor changes in the details of construction and in theproportion of parts .may .be re sorted to when required withoutsacriicing any of the .advantages .of my invention as deiined n theappended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what claim as new and desire.to secure lby Letters `Patent is:

1. A bottle having an annular shoulder within its neck and a pluralityof spaced sockets above said shoulder and adjacent thereto, said socketsincreasing in depth `fromthe shoulder upward and terminating in abruptshoulderse at their upper ends, and a sealing disk held on said innershoulder and provided at its edges with a plurality of spring fingersseated in the said sockets with their upper ends in contact with theshoulders thereof.

.2. A bottle having an annular shoulder within its neck and a pluralityof spaced sockets above said shoulder and adjacent thereto, said socketsincreasing in depth from the shoulder upward and terminating in abruptshoulders at their upper ends, and a sealingdisk held on said innershoulder and provided at its edges with a plurality of spring lingersseated in the Said sockets with their upper ends in contact with theshoulders thereof, said sealing disk having its middle portion pressedupwardly to increase the difficulty of'reinoving the disk.

3, A bottle having the upper portion of the opening in its neck enlargedto form an inner shoulder and having the walls oi the enlarged portionformed with upwardly tapering sockets adjacent the annular shoulder,said Sockets vterminating at their upper ends in abrupt shoulders, and asealing disk having an integral .portion ,in contact with the innerannular shoulder, and having its central portion pressed `upwardly intoconcavo-convex forni, and having a plurality of spring ngersraround itsedge to fit within the tapering sockets with their upper ends in contactwith the abrupt shoulders at the upper ends of the said sockets.

yIn testimony whereof I alix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY W. CYRUS.

Witnesses JAS. M. WAGGENER, A.. R. CYRUS.

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' Washington, D. G.

